2008 Sakura Matsuri at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

05-04-2008 We welcomed the clouds in the morning and was greeted with blue sky by early afternoon. My brother and Maggie spent a whole day in Park Slope with me. We had brunch, headed over to the Sakura Matsuri in Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and took a break at Joyce's Bakeshop. The Cherry Blossom was pretty in a dusty pink instead of the more common bold pink that we're used to. There are more next-to-the-pond flower pics than the cherry blossom - I couldn't figure out the names with how the tags were placed - otherwise, I would name all the pics properly. Please think of the gallery as more of a day in Brooklyn Botanic Garden with the festival as a backdrop. Enjoy the pics...